Joanna Kerns

Joanna Kerns

Joanna Crussie DeVarona Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy Growing Pains from 1985 to 1992. After Growing Pains ended, she turned to directing. She directed one episode of Growing Pains while starring on the show and got hooked. She has also directed episodes of television shows including Dawson's Creek, Titans, Scrubs, Private Practice, Psych, Felicity, Grey's Anatomy, Privileged, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, The Goldbergs, This Is Us, and Fuller House. She has also made notable appearances in feature films, including A*P*E, Girl, Interrupted, and the 2007 comedy Knocked Up. She has also starred in a number of TV movies. In 1974, Kerns met a commercial producer, Richard Kerns, on the set of a commercial, and they married two years later. Their marriage lasted nine years and the couple had a daughter, Ashley Cooper. In 1994, she married Marc Appleton, a prominent Los Angeles architect. In August 2019, she filed for divorce from Appleton. She previously dated comedian and actor Freddie Prinze a short time before he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two had worked together on the 1976 TV movie, The Million Dollar Rip-Off.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    San Francisco, California, USA
    Birthday
    2/12/1953
All Over the Guy
All Over the Guy
5.9
Love Struck
Love Struck
0
Coma
Coma
6.7
A*P*E
A*P*E
3.5
Voices That Care
Voices That Care
8
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
8
Shameful Secrets
Shameful Secrets
4.8
The Rape of Richard Beck
The Rape of Richard Beck
6.5
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
6.7
Not in My Family
Not in My Family
5.2
Street Justice
Street Justice
0
The Man with Three Wives
The Man with Three Wives
0
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
6.7
The Growing Pains Movie
The Growing Pains Movie
7
Terror in the Family
Terror in the Family
6.4
Mother Knows Best
Mother Knows Best
6
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
6
Mortal Fear
Mortal Fear
5.8
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
6
Sisters and Other Strangers
Sisters and Other Strangers
0
Deadly Intentions... Again?
Deadly Intentions... Again?
5
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
8
Stormin' Home
Stormin' Home
0
No One Could Protect Her
No One Could Protect Her
4.5
Whose Daughter is She?
Whose Daughter is She?
5
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Marriage Is Alive and Well
0
Captive
Captive
5
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
5.8
See Jane Run
See Jane Run
6.2
Those She Left Behind
Those She Left Behind
5
The Nightman
The Nightman
1
The Preppie Murder
The Preppie Murder
6
A Bunny's Tale
A Bunny's Tale
4.5
Emma's Wish
Emma's Wish
3.8
She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby
5.9
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
7.6
At the Mercy of a Stranger
At the Mercy of a Stranger
7.5
Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart
5.1
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
4
Knocked Up
Knocked Up
6.3
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
0
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